Academic Advances

Editorial Staff

From small beginnings in the early 1990s, principally with the groundbreaking work of Dr Glenn Horridge in the UK and Dr Norman Murdoch in the USA, many more academics are. undertaking serious studies of the diverse aspects of Salvation Army history. The SAHPA is grateful to those institutions worldwide who take our publications and keep us informed of new studies. The most recent to be completed is Dr Andrew Mark Eason's "Christianity in a Colonial Age: Salvation Army Foreign Missions from Britain to Indian and South Africa, 1882 - 1929". (University of Calgary, Canada). Dr Eason's thesis suggests that the early SA officers, often uneducated and certainly under-equipped, often 'went native' to save souls, much to the disgust of the imperial officials. However, by the 1890s the need for acceptance by the Establishment in order to facilitate the Social Schemes led to the Army's missionaries fostering Western Imperialism. Dr Eason will be publishing much of his work at a later. date and we look forward to this very much.